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TISED Graduate Fellowships (MEDA
from TISED Annual Report 2019-2020
by TISED
TISED Graduate Fellowships (MEDA)
The McGill Engineering Doctoral Awards (MEDA) program aims to recruit the best and brightest new doctoral students from around the world. Selection for this award is based on the excellence of a student’s academic and research record, including publications, presentations and his or her potential to make a major impact on the quality of research in the Faculty of Engineering at McGill University and in the field of engineering. MEDA are offered by the Faculty of Engineering and are cost-shared with the student’s Department/School or supervisor.
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Total Funds Awarded in 20192020: $44,720
Ciro Robert Martoni Fellowship in Sustainable Engineering Kang Hoon Choi, Chemical Engineering. Research topic: Corrosion. Supervisor: Sasha Omanovic
Andrea Gabor/Urban Strategies TISED Fellowship in Sustainable Urban Planning & Design Amy Bolt, School of Urban Planning Nathalie Pace, School of Urban Planning Yarthartha Singh, School of Urban Planning
Mike Zahn Fellowship Khashayar Feizbakhshian Kohan, Civil Engineering. Research topic: Hydraulics. Supervisor: Susan Gaskin Alejandra Islas Encalada, Mining & Materials Engineering. Research topic: Coatings, surface engineering. Supervisor: Richard Chromik.
Redwood Graduate TISED Fellowship Wooseok Do, Civil Engineering. Research topic: Social welfare systems analysis of road capacity expansion options. Supervisor: Omid Rouhani Mengying Lei, Civil Engineering. Research topic: Transportation. Supervisor: Lijun Sun
Uma and Mahesh Sharma Graduate TISED Fellowship Sanja Dzeletovic, Electrical and Computer Engineering. Research topic: Reduction of Load After Service Restoration in Distribution Network. Supervisors: François Bouffard & Geza Joos Kartik Mangalvedhe, Mechanical Engineering. Research topic: Combustion and Energy Systems. Supervisor: Jeffrey Bergthorson
John M. Bishop & Family Fellowship for Sustainability in Engineering & Design (TISED) Minghan Xu, Mining and Materials Engineering. Research Topic: Mathematical modelling of multi-physical phenomena in porous media. Supervisor: Agus Sasmito
David Lonstein,Mining and Materials Engineering. Research Topic: Aerospace. Supervisor: Richard Chromik
Kauser Family Graduate TISED Fellowship Ehsan Moradi, Civil Engineering. Research Topic: Transportation. Supervisor: Omid Rouhani
ACDEG Fellowship in Sustainable Engineering Bruno Marques de Castilho, Mining and Materials Engineering. Supervisor: Richard Chromik
Khashayar Feizbakhshian Kohan, Civil Engineering. Supervisor: Susan Gaskin
Alejandra Islas Encalada, Mining and Materials Engineering. Supervisor: Richard Chromik
Anirban Kundu, Civil Engineering. Supervisor: Subhasis Ghoshal
Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) Awards
The SURE awards provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to get exposure to research in their discipline through paid summer research traineeships. Typically, students work closely with a graduate student.
No. TISED SURE Awards granted in 2019 14
No. TISED SURE Awards granted since 2013: 109
Total Funds awarded in 2019: $30,000+
Chemical Engineering.Jessica Warrack, "Deep groundwater database development and analysis”. Allan & Linda Stephens SURE Award in Sustainability Engineering. Chemical Engineering, “Viable Electrochemical System for Jiaxun Guo, Allan & Linda Stephens SURE Combined CO Reduction and Biomass”. 2 Award in Sustainability Engineering. Non-Engineering McGill Student, Zhiding Zhou, "Phosphorus Precipitation from Synthetic Municipal Wastewater”. Boersma SURE Award. Civil Engineering. Developing low-cost remediation David Lutes, technologies for perfluoroalkyl pollutants”, Brian Hirst SURE Award in Sustainable Engineering. Chemical Engineering, Kaye Wong, “ “Phosphorus Precipitation from Synthetic Municipal Wastewater “, Claudia Macedo Memorial SURE Award in Sustainable Engineering. Bioengineering, Patrick O’Neill, “Bioengineering Better Carbon Fixation and Sequestration”, Furino-Remillard SURE Award in Sustainable Engineering. Civil Engineering, Dunyi Fu, “Flood mitigation strategies through green Harry Marksfield SURE Award infrastructure “, Bioengineering, Yuanyuan Tao, Bioengineering Better Carbon Fixation and Harry Marksfield SURE Award Sequestration“, Mechanical Engineering, Lianne Campbell, “Methane emissions from John M. Bishop family SURE Awards for abandoned oil and gas wells” Sustainability in Engineering and Design Bioengineering, Hauda Shafique, "Bionanocomposite plasmonic materials for biosensing”,Mr. & Mrs. Lee Hee Chong and Mr. & Mrs. David Su Toye SURE Award
Jinbang, Huang, Mechanical Engineering, "Modelling and optimization of a floating modular cover for direct absorption solar” Mr. & Mrs. Lee Hee Chong and Mr. & Mrs. David Su Toye SURE Award ,”Investigating prevention strategies Jessica Tian, Chemical Engineering to protect our water resources and public health” , Prof. David Selby SURE Awd Sustainable Engineering. , Civil Engineering,Chenghao (Roger) Lin “Performance analysis of wood reinforced slag composites”, William Harker SURE Award in Sustainability in Engineering & Design Civil Engineering,Yihan Shao, “Performance analysis of wood reinforced slag composites”, William Harker SURE Award in Sustainability in Engineering & Design
Educational Enhancement Activities
In addition to direct student financial support for students, TISED provides education enhancement activities made possible in part by generous donations through the Student Education Enhancement Endowment Funds.
Presentations
“Whole Brain Communication: Effective Professional Communication” November 2019.
Avrum Goldman, P.Eng, Pratt & Whitney Canada
Other Activities “Plant your SEAD – TISED’s SEAD Courses Information Session”, hosted in partnership with SEAM, September 2019. “Graduate Students’ Meet n’ Greet: Introduction to TISED & SEDTalks! Program”, October 2019. “Summer Sustainability Research: Information Session” , hosted in partnership with SEAM, January 2020.
